Anomalously high activities of 137Cs in soils and vegetation on and near a diabase outcrop in La Sierra de Lema, Venezuela

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 277, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 405-411

  LaBrecque, J J ^a   Alfonso, J A ^a   Cordoves, P R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

ARTICLE; CLOUD FOREST; CLUSIA; CLUSIA GRANDIFLORA; CROP; FERN; FRUIT; HIGH RESOLUTION GAMMA RAY SPECTROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL POLLUTION; TREE; VEGETATION; VENEZUELA;

EID: 46749104692     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-007-7064-8     Document Type: Article

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